Use of Spring @Resource leads to "mapped-name is required" Exception in JBoss EAP

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • A @Resource annotation is used to wire a Spring components

  • During deployment, a RuntimeException is encountered indicating failure to bind the resource:

    java.lang.RuntimeException: mapped-name is required for <some-class-name>/<some-field-name> of deployment abc.war
    at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.injection.WebResourceHandler.loadXmlResourceEnvRefs(WebResourceHandler.java:287)
    at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.injection.WebResourceHandler.loadXml(WebResourceHandler.java:325)
    at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.TomcatInjectionContainer.processMetadata(TomcatInjectionContainer.java:550)

Environment

  • Spring

    • 2.5.6
    • 3.0

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)

    • 5.x

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